# Words that are not the same but get interchanged

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 2, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-not-the-same-but-get-interchanged/787944 "2017-06-02T17:05:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-not-the-same-but-get-interchanged/787944/10 "2017-06-02T18:23:54Z")

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Previously posted by me:

> [@Lamenting the merging meaning of words that used to mean something different](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamenting-the-merging-meaning-of-words-that-used-to-mean-something-different/785380/13):
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> Conscious and conscience. Particularly basketball announcers who claim that a hot shooter is unconscious when that clearly is not possible. He is stabbing the dagger in your heart and twisting it over and over, so clearly he has no conscience.

Go Warriors!

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